Category Archives: Beekeeping

An urban beekeeper has to contend with strange surroundings! As in the NYTimes, by Susan Dominus, ……And then this. Her bees, the ones she had been raising in Red Hook, Brooklyn, and on Governors Island since May, started coming home … Continue reading →

Open Letter to the British Bee Keepers Association January 10 2011 Since 2001, the British Bee Keepers Association has been receiving in the region of £17,500 per annum from pesticide manufacturers Bayer, Syngenta, BASF and Belchim in return for the … Continue reading →

SOURCE: Fast Company The world honey bee population has plunged in recent years, worrying beekeepers and farmers who know how critical bee pollination is for many crops. A number of theories have popped up as to why the North American … Continue reading →

To create a new society, we have to figure out ways to resist the social structures and institutions that oppress people and are destroying the earth. We have to create alternative institutions that can meet people’s needs based on cooperation, … Continue reading →

Although a 2009 article, it once again shows the influence of pesticides on the bees and therefore on us,not only the consumer of their product but employer of their pollination. Scientists Untangle Multiple Causes of Bee Colony Disorder From Environment … Continue reading →

About one third of the crops in the U.S. need the domesticated European honey bee (Apis mellifera) to thrive, but its numbers have greatly declined after the emergence of the mysterious Colony Collapse Disorder in 2006. Honey Bees and Beekeeping … Continue reading →